Mary Ellen Carroll was born in 1912.

Mary married Abraham Joel Greenhough in 1934 in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.

She had the following children from her marriage to Abraham Joel Greenhough:

- Mary Bernadette Greenhough	born in 1935 in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
- Iris M. Greenhough	born in 1937 in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
- Francis B. Greenhough	born in 1944 in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
- Pauline A. Greenhough	born in 1946 in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
- Christine Greenhough	born in 1948 in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
- Michael Greenhough	born in 1949 in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.

Mary died when she was about 67 years old, in 1979.